Three experts discuss the new technology, such as blockchain and other application-based innovations, with the potential to change the game in the management of human rights risks for business.

• Sean Ansett, founder, At Stake Advisors

• Kilian Moote, project director of KnowtheChain, Humanity United

• Jessi Baker, founder, Provenance

The discussion is introduced and moderated by Toby Webb, founder of Innovation Forum.

climate and faced with an ever-growing population, the challenges for

agriculture are stark. In the latest Innovation Forum webinar, panellists from

Kellogg, Bunge and the Environmental Defense Fund debate how business can

engage farmers to adopt climate smart agriculture, the secrets to developing

long-term partnerships, and how these can help achieve real impact at scale.

Among the questions discussed are how agriculture can become a net carbon sink,

sourcing funding and investment for new technologies and the role of GMOs in

increasing yields and reducing environmental impacts. 

director, agricultural sustainability, Environmental Defense Fund

corporate responsibility and sustainability, Bunge

sustainability director, Kellogg

moderated by Ian Welsh, Innovation Forum 

Walmart, Unilever, Bunge, Smithfield, United Suppliers, Syngenta, The Nature

Conservancy, Union of Concerned Scientists and more to discuss innovation and

sustainable agriculture at the Pew Centre in Washington DC, November 17-18 at

Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture. We will continue the

discussion around climate smart agriculture, and take a practical look at the

biggest issues in agricultural production, commodity case studies and some of

the latest solutions coming off the ground to make production more sustainable

and efficient.

Innovation Forum's Toby Webb chats with Brendan May, chairman, Robertsbridge, about how corporate best practice is developing in the ever-more complex issues around eliminating deforestation risks from operations and supply chains

Corporate commitments, how to achieve transparency and build trusted and effective sugar sourcing policies are discussed in this new Innovation Forum webinar. With Rob Meyers, sustainability director at PepsiCO, Diane Stevenson, director of sustainabilty at CSC Sugar, and Simon Usher, CEO of Bonsucro. Introduced and moderated by Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh

In the latest webinar from Innovation Forum, Darian McBain from Thai Union, Yann Wyss from Nestlé and Mike McDonnell from Intel discuss human rights and business risks, and how partnerships can help implement viable solutions and programmes. Moderated by Innovation Forum's Toby Webb.

This webinar, co-hosted by Forest Trends and Innovation Forum, examines the trends among corporate commitments to reducing deforestation from the “big four” agricultural commodities – palm, timber & pulp, soy, and cattle – which are responsible for more than a third of tropical deforestation each year. The discussion reflects on the key findings of the second annual report of Forest Trends’ Supply Change project, which tracks the progress on 579 public commitments made by companies from all around the world.

Ian Welsh talks to Kavita Prakash-Mani from Grow Asia about the barriers to collaboration, how to create systemic change, scaling pilot projects and engaging smallholders on solutions.

Ian Welsh talks to Anita Neville, vice president, corporate communications and external affairs at Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) about the challenges of achieving traceability, corporate responsibility and sustainability targets

Ian Welsh talks to Anita Neville, vice president, corporate communications and external affairs at Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) about the challenges of achieving traceability, corporate responsibility and sustainability targets

Ian Welsh chats to Bastien Sachet, CEO at TFT, about the disadvantages of certification, scaling up and the potential of technology.